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US 2004/0164695 A1Published application
Electrodynamic machines and components therefor and methods of making and using same
AssigneeWilliam M. Hallidy
InventorWilliam M. Hallidy
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Abstract
An alternating current (AC) electrical motor/generator electrodynamic machine and methods include, according to disclosed embodiments of the invention, providing a wound rotor having a polyphase AC winding and a damper winding. The machine can operate as a low slip induction motor or generator, and alternatively can operate as a synchronous motor or generator.
Claims15
An electrodynamic machine, comprising:
- a stator armature having armature winding means;
- a wound rotor having a polyphase winding;
- a damper winding on said wound rotor for permitting electric currents to be induced by changes in the magnetic flux linking the rotor magnetic field and the stator armature magnetic field, said electric currents flowing in such a direction as to oppose changes in magnetic flux linkages;
- a brushless exciter for providing direct current power to the polyphase rotor winding to cause the machine to function in a synchronous mode of operation;
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- a unidirectional device for providing a short circuit to the polyphase rotor winding to enable the machine to function in an induction mode of operation.
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A method of making a synchronous generator, comprising:
- providing a wound rotor with a polyphase winding for interacting electrodynamically with a stator armature having armature winding means to form an electrodynamic machine;
- providing a damper winding on said wound rotor;
- connecting said polyphase winding with a source of direct current to cause the machine to function as a synchronous motor or generator when the rotor rotates relative to the stator armature;
- providing a damper winding on the wound rotor to enable inducing electric currents by changes in the magnetic flux linking the rotor magnetic field and the stator armature magnetic field, said electric currents flowing in such a direction as to oppose changes in magnetic flux linkages;
- providing a brushless exciter for coupling the source of direct current power to the polyphase rotor winding to cause the machine to function in a synchronous mode of operation;
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- providing a unidirectional device to cause a short circuit to the polyphase rotor winding to enable the machine to function in an induction mode of operation.
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A method of generating alternating current, comprising:
- using a wound rotor with a polyphase winding for interacting electrodynamically with a stator armature having armature winding means to form an electrodynamic machine;
- using a damper winding on said wound rotor;
- connecting said polyphase winding with a source of direct current to cause the machine to function as a synchronous motor or generator when the rotor rotates relative to the stator armature;
- inducing electric currents by the damper winding by changes in the magnetic flux linking the rotor magnetic field and the stator armature magnetic field, said electric currents flowing in such a direction as to oppose changes in magnetic flux linkages;
- using a brushless exciter for connecting the source of direct current to the polyphase rotor winding to cause the machine to function in a synchronous mode of operation;
- and
- using a unidirectional device for providing a short circuit to the polyphase rotor winding to enable the machine to function in an induction mode of operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.